My mother just came over and said that her 03 TJ was making a weird noise from the rear passenger side wheel. She thought it was a flat tire. What I found was 2 broken wheel lugs! I've never seen that before. Stock tires and wheels...nothing but a commute back and forth to work...weird. I'm guessing the local garage over-torqued the lug nuts when they rotated her tires a couple weeks ago. The other 3 were torques so tightly that I couldn't move them with a breaker bar...had to use the impact driver to remove. So I tried to remove the drum and it's not moving. Any recommendations on getting those bad boys off? I smacked the hell out of them with a brass hammer, but they're not cooperating. Can the lugs be removed and replaced without major surgery? I'm guessing the rear brakes are probably smoked so I'll do those while I'm in there. Big fun.

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Down to Napa for a couple new studs...$2.99 each...jacked it up...removed the wheel...beat on the drum with every hammer in my arsenal...no luck...pulled out my largest 3 jaw gear puller and it just fit...put the impact driver to it and the drum finally popped off with a little bit of warping at the center. Knocked the crap out of the studs in an attempt to dislodge them...no dice...air hammer for a few minutes...5 lb sledge...they came out. Put the new studs in from the back...seated them with a stack of washers, lug nut, and impact driver until they were close to bottomed. Installed the wheel...cranked it down...went for a ride and tightened again. All in all...1.5 hours, $20, and a bunch of tools...not a bad job.

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What Is A Veteran?

A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, honorably discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'

Down to Napa for a couple new studs...$2.99 each...jacked it up...removed the wheel...beat on the drum with every hammer in my arsenal...no luck...pulled out my largest 3 jaw gear puller and it just fit...put the impact driver to it and the drum finally popped off with a little bit of warping at the center. Knocked the crap out of the studs in an attempt to dislodge them...no dice...air hammer for a few minutes...5 lb sledge...they came out. Put the new studs in from the back...seated them with a stack of washers, lug nut, and impact driver until they were close to bottomed. Installed the wheel...cranked it down...went for a ride and tightened again. All in all...1.5 hours, $20, and a bunch of tools...not a bad job.

Ya did it right mate

Oh love the sig, where'd ya get it from?

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I am finally on board with obama's hope and change thing. I now HOPE that when its all over I have at least a little CHANGE left.

Incidentally, I'm doing a full break job on the TJ this weekend...drums, rotors, pads, shoes, spring kit, and anything else that looks sketchy. The emergency brakes don't even work and I could turn the rear wheel even with my kid holding the brake pedal down with both feet. I interrogated my mother and she said " I don't really use the brakes anyways". The Jeep's got 65,000 miles and probably the original brakes.

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What Is A Veteran?

A 'Veteran' -- whether active duty, honorably discharged, retired, or reserve -- is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America,' for an amount of 'up to, and including his life.'

If those are the original brakes, buy a box of brake clean, cause your gonna need it.
Oh and I speak from experience on this statement, with brakes and brake parts you get what you pay for! Personally I put cheap pads on a vehicle once.....................only once

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Ken
I am finally on board with obama's hope and change thing. I now HOPE that when its all over I have at least a little CHANGE left.